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Characters in Bold are children of Peter Scott, those in italics are grandchildren and those in italics underlinedare great grand children.

Despite exhaustive searches I have been unable to find the birth date of Peter. He married Mary Brock on 2 January,1767. On Mary’s death record she is noted as 80 in 1831 and so her birth year would be about 1751; however the reported age may have been someone’s best recollection. I suspect that Peter was a brother to James Scott (1744-1826) and so it is likely that his birth would have been around the same time. If he married at age 20 to 30 then his birth would have been between 1737-1747.  He died on 23 May 1808 and so this birth date range is perfectly possible. There is a Peter Scott who was Witness to the baptism of James, son of James Forsyth and Jean Scott, in August 1756. If this is the same Peter Scott then his birth date may have been nearer to 1737.

Peter was a farmer at Greenland Farm, Old Kilpatrick, a 2,500 acre farm, 600 feet above sea level. The site of the farm has some important archaeological significance as there are Bronze Age “cup and ring” rock carvings with further carved rock outcrops just below the farm on Auchentorlie Estate. The estate was purchased by William Thompson Ltd of Dumbarton during the 1970s [and] resulted in the opening of a new quarry immediately next to the site of the carvings with a plan to remove the carvings  and the volcanic plug… on which is the Sheep Hill fort. The rock carvings possibly date from 700-400 B.C. and were first found by John Bruce around 1895, (author of the “History of the Parish”) .

The quarry has permission, dating from 1949, to remove Sheep Hill, where there are the remains of two Iron age forts; both are Scheduled Ancient Monuments. Historic Scotland and West Dumbartonshire Council have failed to get Thompsons to relinquish his rights to quarry Sheep Hill. There will eventually be a massive hole in the side of the hill above Bowling giving open views into the quarry behind.

 

Peter married Mary Brock (1748-1831) from Faifley, Dunbartonshire on 2nd January 1767. Of their twelve children two were male: Peter Scott (1772-1834) and Walter Scott (1786-1858). Walter carried on farming at Greenland after his father’s death in 1808 while Peter farmed at Overton.

Peter and Mary lived on Greenland Farm and had all their children there (in Bold):

Mary Scott (1768-1821) married James Brock (1767-1836) a farmer at Balquhanran (orBoquhanran) which was near the present day Dalmuir / Kilbowie area.

Their children were (in Italics):
Mary Brock (1790-?)  who married Alexander Donald (1781-1841) in 1789, a Wright.
Jean Brock (1793- 1876)  who farmed with her brother John at Mattockhill near to Greenland Farm. Died unmarried.
John Brock (1795-1874) a dairy farmer at Mattockhill a 3 acre farm near to Greenland. Died unmarried.
Walter Brock (1797- 1872), a Grocer married to Janet Taylor (1800-1873)  in 1830 and lived at Dumbuck. He appears to have moved to Cork, Ireland without the family and married (bigamously?) a Rebecca Parry (1816-1887). He was working as an engineer at the Watercourse Distillery, which produced Cork Dry Gin, the biggest selling brand of gin in Ireland. He died on 7 Sep 1872 and was buried at St Finbarr’s Cemetery, Cork.
Peter Brock (1800-1855) a carpenter. Married to Isabella Strang, possibly related to William Strang Scott’s (1895 -1983) mother, Marion Strang (1861-1946).
James Brock (1802-1814) died a young man.
Margaret Brock (1805-1894) married George Buchanan, Farmer at Milton of Naperstown, Dunbartonshire in 1827. George predeceased Margaret who lived latterly, until her death, at her son’s home, James Buchanan of Hunterhill Farm, Abbey, Paisley.
Ann Brock (1808-1828). Died young.

 Christian Scott (1769-1849) married James Lang (1765-1840) in 1793, a farmer at Chapelton farm. In 1860 it was described by the Ordnance Survey as a good farm steading. West Dunbartonshire Council describe the farm as being on Church grounds in medieval times incorporating a chapel. In the 1960s the farm was removed and now Chapelton Gardens, Chapelton Avenue and Chapelton Terrace connect the area to the past.

Christian and James had eight children (in Italics):

James Lang (1794-1868) took over his father’s tenancy of Chapelton at Townend, Dumbarton and died unmarried. James and his brother Walter farmed together while Mary, their sister, kept house for them both.
Mary Lang (1796-1864) died unmarried
Peter Lang (1798-?) who died an infant; as there is another Peter Lang born in 1810.
Janet Lang (1800-1886) married John Latta (1789-1874), a Tanner, in 1828.
Jean Lang (1789-1874) who married Captain Peter Scott (1796-1872), her cousin, in 1831.
Walter Lang (1805-1887) Farmer at Townend Farm Dumbarton (See James above) married Mary McCallum in 1878. He was 73 and Mary was 34 years old; they had three children before they were married: Christina, James and Peter. Walter, who was not in good health, was encouraged to marry Mary which he did, rising from his sick bed for the occasion. He had an ante-nuptial contract drawn up immediately before the marriage. After Walter’s death however Mary contested the existence of the contract and the dispute went to the Court of Session. In the contract she had been awarded life-rent of a cottage, garden and field at Dumbarton, household furniture, £20 for mournings and £100. She claimed this was not enough particularly given the wealth which Walter had at the time of his death. She did not succeed in her claim.
Ann Lang (1807-?) born in January but must have died an infant.
John Lang (1807-1880) born in December of the same year as Ann (above) became a grocer and married Janet Orr in 1838, they lived at Gourock and had four children.
Peter Lang (1810-1898) married Anne McCartney Hill in 1841 and they had one child: Margaret Gillespie Lang in 1842 who died in 1857 and is buried in the Grange Cemetery Edinburgh. Anne died some time before 1858 (she does not appear on the 1851 census but Peter is described as married). In 1858 Peter, described as a widower, married Jane Burn and they had six children together; two of whom are also buried in the Grange Cemetery Edinburgh.
Christian Lang (1813-1893 ) married Alexander Lindsay (1804-1881) a farmer at Mollanbowie, Bonhill, Dumbarton in 1835; a prize winner at the Dumbarton Agricultural Society show in 1849. Alexander’s mother was Janet Scott who was married in 1803 to William Lindsay. She was the daughter of John Scott and Agnes Donald. John is mentioned in John Bruce’s book “History of the Parish” and I am certain is related to James and Peter but I have no real proof of this. Interestingly, George MacAulay (1832-1914) descended from Peter Scott and Mary Brock, married a Mary Miller (1840-1924), who also lived at Mollanbowie Farm with her parents some years later.
Margaret Lang (1815-1851) married Captain Robert Scott (1817-1888), Seaman of Littlemill in 1849. Robert was a grandson of James Scott (1744-1826) (my four times great grandfather) and Jean McLaren (1751-18–) and nephew to Captain Peter Scott who married Margaret’s sister, Jean, above.

Peter Scott (1772- 1834) was born at Greenland farm, the eldest son of Peter Scott and Mary Brock.

In 1813 he married Margaret Scott (1789-1873) the youngest daughter of James Scott (1744-1826) and Jean McClairn (McLaren) (1751-?). Peter was 41 and Margaret 24 years old when they married. They would have been cousins.

Using the birth locations of their children: Peter farmed at Overton from at least his marriage in 1813 until some time between 1822 (birth of Walter and his twin, Margaret) and 1826 (birth of John) when he was listed as Farmer at Greenland.  

 His father, Peter Scott (1747-1808) had died some years prior to Peter arriving at Greenland. I think Peter and Mary’s second son, Walter (1786-1858), probably took over the farm following this Peter Senior’s death in 1808 and perhaps Peter junior moved to Greenland some years later to help him.

Peter and Margaret had six children (in Italics):

Peter Scott (1814-1866) he became a Victualer and Grocer at Paisley. Peter married Janet Ballantine in 1840 and together they had four children. By the time of the 1851 census, however, Peter was described as a Widower. Janet must have died some time after giving birth to their fourth child, John, in 1847. Peter married secondly Agnes Thomson (1824-)  in 1854; he died in 1866. Agnes died some time between 1866 and 1871, or she may have re-married and changed her name.
Jean Scott (1818-1849) married Thomas MacGill (1814-1882) who, as a shipbuilder, was in partnership with James Scott (1830-1903) trading as Scott & McGill. Shortly after the birth of their fifth child, David McGill in 1849, Jean died at the age of 31 years. Thomas married secondly to Janet Wilson (1812-1891) in 1852. Their children were all involved in shipbuilding.
James Scott (1819-1889) married Agnes Tennant (1835-1908) in 1852; she was sixteen years of age, he was 32. James was a Ship Carpenter at Bowling and received his  seaman’s ticket (209,369) on 20 May 1845. He first went to sea in 1848 and was described as being 5 feet 8 inches tall, with dark hair, a dark complexion and blue eyes with no distinguishing marks. Also that he could write.

James and Agnes had six children (in underlined italics):
Agnes Scott born at Bowling in 1853.
Peter Scott born 1858 and became a Ship Broker and Stevedore.
James Scott born 1859 and became a Commercial Clerk.
Walter Scott born in 1862 and became a Commercial Clerk and Measurer
Alexander T Scott (1865-1912) married Hannah Downer (1872-1939). He was an Apprentice Baker, a Boilerworker and a Goods Checker. They had four children.
John Scott (1869-1912) he married Florence Hawken (1880-1950) in 1896. He was a Marine Engine Fitter.

Returning to Peter and Margaret’s children:

Margaret Scott (1822- 1822), a twin with Walter, died at only two months old.
Walter Scott (1822-1851), a twin with Margaret above, became a merchant in Hamilton but died at only 29 years of age.
John Scott (1826- 1856) became a grocer in Hamilton and married Robina Tait (1831-1904 ) in 1851. Perhaps he and brother Walter were in business together. John also died prematurely at age 30.

 Ann Scott (1774- 1847) At the age of 23 she married George MacLellan (1768-1834) in 1797. Banns were called in Old Kilpatrick as well as Luss, which is where George lived. George was a farmer at Meikle Balenraig Farm, Luss which is where their children were born. By the time of his death he appears to have moved to Bolernick farm but possibly this is simply an evolution of the name. George is buried at Rhu churchyard. Link.

Janet Scott (1776- 1857) was the fifth child of Peter Scott (1737-1808) and Mary Brock (1748-1831). On November 22nd, 1800  Janet married John Scott (1774-1858) a son of James Scott (ABT 1744-1826) and Jean McClairn (McClaren) (1751-). If I am correct (as I think I am), that Peter Scott was a brother of James Scott (1744-1826), then Janet and John would be first cousins.

John Scott (1774-1858) was my three times great grandfather, born at Dyke, Bowling, Old Kilpatrick on 11 April 1774 and baptised on the 13th. Coincidentally, Peter Scott and Mary Brock had a daughter, Ann, baptised on 26 March, 1774 in the same church; just a few days before John’s baptism. Bowling, on the River Clyde, not far from Greenland farm. John’s family had been farmers but with the advent of the Forth and Clyde Canal opening in 1798 they switched to embrace shipping interests.

At some time John became a Ship Master: he may have retired from this prior to the 1841 census in which he is described as being of Independent means. At the time of the 1841 census he and Janet were living at Bowling Bay with four of their children, the others having begun their young lives elsewhere.  The address for their property was Scott’s Land which denoted that the house was built on land that they owned. Next door to them lived William MacGill and his family and Jean Scott, his sister-in law by Captain Gabriel Scott. 

From a list of ‘Proprietors in West Kilpatrick’ for the Bowling district dated 1845 only the following people were mentioned:
A) Mrs J Scott Littlemill; this was the widow, Agnes Watson (1788-1874), of Captain James  Scott (1780-1845) who both lived at Littlemill.
B) Gabriel Scott (1776-1850) at Bowling and 
C) his brother John Scott (1774-1858) at Bowling both he and Gabriel were sons of James Scott and Jean McLaren and
D) William Scott (1814-1890) at Bowling; son of Gabriel Scott and Janet Dougal.

The 1851 census records John as “late Ship Master”. At this time there is only Janet, his wife, Peter, his son, and Margaret Martin, their domestic servant, a daughter of Hector Martin, Overseer at Drums, Erskine.  Peter and Margaret married in October 1851.

John appeared to fund two of his sons, John and Walter, in their venture to establish a Ship’s Agency and Broker business in Glasgow. From at least 1849 until 1853 they traded from 17 Gordon Street, Glasgow and by 1856 the firm of “John Scott & Co, ship brokers” was registered at 20 Union Street, Glasgow.

John and Janet had nine children (in italics):

 James Scott (1801-1814) died in infancy; another James Scott was born in 1814.

Mary Scott (1804-1893) Mary was born at Bowling Bay on 28 February 1804 and baptised on March 3rd. On 23 September 1828 at Old Kilpatrick she married Stephen Wallace (1798-1865) from Duntocher. Stephen, originally from Fenwick, Ayrshire, was a Cashier at a Cotton Mill in Duntocher.

They had nine children (in italics underlined ):
Stephen Wallace (1829-1885) became a Clerk in a Draper’s Warehouse, a Ship’s Chandler, and an Iron Broker’s Clerk (possibly with his brother in law, see below). He died single.
Janet Scott Wallace (1831-1896) married William Cumming (1830-1858) in 1855, an Insurance Agent, who died after only a few years of marriage. They had a daughter Mary Wallace Cumming (1857-1912) who became a Draper. Janet remarried in 1866 to Robert Barr (1831-1882), a Parochial Inspector. They had three children: Jessie Wallace Barr (1870-1923), Nellie Barr (born in 1872) and Jane S Barr (born in 1874). At the time of the 1861 census, Janet (Jessie) and her daughter, Mary, were staying with Mary and Stephen Wallace, her parents.
Jane Wallace (1832-1900) was born at Duntocher Mill. Jane married James Scott (1834-1897) an Iron Broker. He was a son of Captain Peter Scott (1796-1872) and Jean Lang (1802-1877), see below. James owned a house, office, yard and land at Elm Bank, Old Kilpatrick and here they reared their four children until by1881 they had moved to 5 Spring Gardens, Maryhill. Children: Peter Lang Scott born 1860 and became an Iron Broker’s Clerk; Mary Wallace Scott (1861-1936); Stephen Wallace Scott (1864-1940) who became an Iron Broker’s Clerk and a House Factor’s Clerk. Stephen died unmarried having lived at 801 Bilsland Drive, Glasgow; Jane Eleanor Scott (1867-1936) was born at Elm Bank and died at Hillhead, Glasgow.
Mary Wallace (1835-1906) in 1860 married Rev. Robert Mitchell (1819-1869); Minister of the United Presbyterian Congregation, Craigs, Duntocher, ordained 30th Jan 1849. They had four children: Mary Scott Mitchell born 1861; Robert Stevenson Mitchell born 1863; Stephen Wallace Mitchell born 1864 and Jane Elizabeth Mitchell born 1867.
John Scott Wallace (1837-) may have died before 1855.
Margaret Wallace (1839- 1843) died in infancy on 19 January, 1843.
James Wallace (1840-1843) died 2 July, 1843  in infancy. There was a fever epidemic in Glasgow at the time. Some reports suggest Typhoid.
Agnes Balderston Wallace (1844-1921) married Matthew Mason (1840-1871) a Physician and surgeon.
Robert Stephen Wallace (1845-1848) died in infancy. 

At the time of the 1841 census Mary and Stephen were living at 60,William Street, Duntocher. Their daughter, Jane was staying with her grandparents at Bowling Bay; John Scott (1774-1858) and Janet Scott (1776-1857).

 Jane Scott (1806-1873) Jane would have lived in Bowling, probably until her marriage to Captain Gabriel Scott junior (1808-1848) in 1835; he was her second cousin. However, Jane was probably living at Fiddlers Acre at the time of her marriage, as recorded on her marriage record in the Old Parish Register; but I don’t know where that is. Witnesses at the marriage were Gabriel Scott senior and Stephen Wallace (1798-1865) who was married to Jane’s sister, Mary Scott (1804-1893), see above. Mary and Stephen lived at Duntocher, where Stephen was a Cashier in the Cotton Mill, it is just possible that she was living in the Duntocher area with Mary and Stephen and Fiddlers Acre referred to a bleaching field.

Jane died in 1873 while at Auchentorlie Terrace, she is buried in Old Kilpatrick Churchyard.

Gabriel and Jane had four children (in italics underlined):
Gabriel Scott (1836-1914).
Janet Scott (1839-1911).
John Scott (1840-1908).
Jeanie Scott (1843-1909) 

 John Scott (1809-bet 1811 and 1819) John will have died in infancy as another John was born in 1819. He was born in 1809 but not baptised until 1811.

 Janet Scott (1811-1884) John and Janet’s third daughter was baptised as Janet on the 18th August 1811 in Old Kilpatrick. At the age of 24 she married the Reverend John Wilson (1808-1893) in 1835 at Old Kilpatrick. John was ordained to the pastoral care of the Relief Congregation of Bellshill in 1833. John served as minister at Bellshill for 60 years until his death in 1893.

Janet and John had eight children (in italics underlined):
James Wilson, born1837 at Bothwell,  died in infancy
John Wilson born 1839 at Bothwell
William Wilson born 1841 at Bothwell
Margaret Wilson born 1845 at Bothwell
Peter Wilson born 1847 at Bothwell
Jessie Wilson born 1850 at Bothwell
Stephen Wallace Wilson born 1852 at Bellshill
James L Wilson born 1860 at Bellshill.

 James Scott 1814-1820 James had a short life; he died just short of his sixth birthday.

 Peter Scott (1816-1859) Peter was born to John and Janet Scott on 18 September, 1816 at Dyke. He was my Great great grandfather. Peter appears to have carried on the family ‘tradition’ of farming while his uncles concentrated on shipping. Three of his brothers died in their youth and his other two brothers, John (1819-1895) and Walter (1822-1866) established themselves as Ship Brokers in Glasgow.

He rented a Byre and Barn and a House from his father for £8 per annum as well as “land” for £15 per annum. He described himself as an ‘Agriculturist’ which suggests he was part of the movement of the time to improve yields from the farmland during the latter part of the Scottish Agricultural Revolution.

At the time of the 1851 census, Peter was living with his parents and their Domestic Servant, Margaret Martin (1829-1865). Margaret was the eldest daughter of Hector Martin, Land Overseer at Drums, Erskine. Romance blossomed and Peter and Margaret were married at Margaret’s home of Erskine Cottage, Drums on 9th October, 1851 by the Rev R.R. Caldwell. Peter, at 35 years old at the time of their wedding, was thirteen years Margaret’s senior. Margaret was the sister to Susan Martin (1834-1859) who married William Lyle (1826-1906) the Lock Keeper of the Forth and Clyde canal in 1854. 

Peter and Margaret had three children (in italics underlined):
Margaret (1851-1887),
John (1853-1921) and
Janet (1857-1932).

Sadly, Peter died prematurely ten days before his 43rd birthday in 1859. He died of Jaundice and Disease of the Heart (coronary). The death was reported to the registrar by his brother-in-law, Dugald Martin (Margaret’s brother) which is interesting as Peter had several close Scott relatives in the village, Dugald having come from Erskine.

Peter did not leave a will but Margaret, his widow, testified as to his assets which included ‘dairy stock’ in addition to his household possessions. He was also due a little over £72 as his share of the residue of his father’s estate. At the time of his death he was living in, what had been his father’s house, Woodside.

Lodging in the village was an Irish-born police constable by the name of Thomas Hearst (1829-1895). Margaret and Thomas were married on 18 April,1861 in Bowling. They had two children together; their first child, Annie, was born on 9 September, 1861 at Tynnolach in Arrochar, six months after their marriage; had they stayed in Bowling they would probably have been called before the Kirk Session to repent their sin of fornication! However, the Kirk Session minutes make no mention of this and so I suspect they may have moved to Arrochar shortly after their wedding to avoid the shame of appearing before the Kirk Session. Their son, Robert, however was born in Bowling in 1863 and so they had obviously returned some time between 1861 and 1863 after Annie’s birth; Thomas was still serving with the police force. They had two children together (in italics underlined):

Annie Hearst (1861- 1940) she married a William Skene, also a policeman, in 1889 at St Rollox, Glasgow. They had three children.
Robert Hearst (1863-?).

Margaret Martin died in 1865 aged 36, also of Jaundice like Peter. This left Thomas to bring up three Scott children aged 14, 12 and 8 and two Hearst children. Somewhat surprisingly, the Scotts were not not taken in by the extended Scott family in Bowling. Margaret trained to be a Milliner and lived with Hector Martin, her maternal grandfather, while John also lived with Hector. Janet went to live with her maternal aunt, Jane Martin (1838-1915), in Glasgow, who had married Alexander Whyte (1836-1915) in 1860. Thomas, still as a policeman, moved to Barony, Glasgow with his children and lived there with his mother and sister.

Following Margaret’s death the land and the House, Byre and Barn and the three properties were left in trust to their son, John, with Hector Martin acting as trustee. In later years on the Valuation Rolls he is referred to as John Scott, Merchant, Maryville, Cardross, which is where he settled with his wife Mary Park (1852-1931) and became a successful import merchant after training as a Drysalter

And with that sad end our Scott ancestors had left Bowling. John moved from Cardross to Glasgow and despite, what I take to be an unhappy relationship with his early life in Bowling,  there is a headstone in his memory erected in Old Kilpatrick Churchyard. However, there remained an extensive Scott family in Bowling emanating from James and Jean. Their interests centred around shipping, property and latterly the establishment of a very successful ship building business. They were clearly very successful as a family.

 John Scott (1819-1895), the eighth child of John and Janet was born at Bowling Bay on 27 August 1819 and baptised on 28 September 1819 in Old Kilpatrick Church, his father, John, was described as a Sloop Master. John and his brother, Walter, established a ship broking business together, bank-rolled by their father. At the time of the 1851 census they were living in lodgings at 94,West Nile Street, St Georges, Glasgow. In the Glasgow PO Directories for 1849, 1851 and 1853 John and Walter Scott of 17 Gordon Street are listed under “Ship brokers” and also under “Commission Merchants and Agents”. In 1856 only John was represented as John Scott & Co, ship brokers, 20 Union Street. However, shipping records show that John made at least one voyage in October 1843.

Following his father’s death in 1858, John returned to Bowling Bay in time for the 1861 census in which he is described as a Land and House Proprietor. John inherited land, the Woodside properties and the quarry which sits above Bowling.

Having returned to Bowling after his father’s death, in 1865 John married Ann McDonald (1841-1904) at Bowling. Ann was a daughter of John McDonald (1805-), Mason, and Christina McDonald (1811-). John was almost 46 years of age while Ann was only almost 24 years old. A witness of the marriage was John Snodgrass (1837-1904), who had married Ann’s sister, Christina, five months earlier. By the time of the 1871 census, John described himself as a land owner of 5 acres and a Master Whinstone Quarry Man, employing 6 men.

The valuation roll of 1885 records that John had built 24 homes collectively known as Woodside, as well as further properties and land, including the quarry, at Bowling.

John died at Woodside in July, 1895 and was buried in Old Kilpatrick Churchyard. Ann went to live with her two sons, Alexander McDonald Scott (1868-1912), an Oil Salesman, and James Allan  Scott (1877-1963), a Manager of Grain Mills, both single at the time. Ann died in March 1904 and was buried in Old Kilpatrick Churchyard.

Trustees of John’s will included his widow, Ann, his son John (1866-1955) and John Snodgrass. Both John junior and John Snodgrass (1837-1904) were described as Commission Agents (agents for import or export, earning a commission on the goods traded). Given the relative ages, it is likely that John Scott worked with, or was a junior partner to John Snodgrass. John Snodgrass was married to Christina McDonald (1843-), Ann’s sister, see above.

John’s will was very specific in certain of the conditions of legacies: 

it is my earnest wish that my heritable property at Bowling should not be sold but should be conveyed to and among my children……to offer the same to the other or others of my children who maybe vested in or entitled to the other shares or portions of said property… 

He was also concerned as to the future of the Quarry:

I have a strong desire that my Trustees in preference to letting said quarry should employ a good and careful superintendent who shall be able to continue the operation in said quarry with safety to my own and other adjoin property…

However, the Land Valuation report for 1895 (presumably after John’s death) shows that the five houses described as Woodside together with the quarry were all owned by the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway Company. Tenants were shown to be :Allan McKenzie, Ironfitter; John Scott, Junior, Commission Agent; Christina Ana Latta; John Scott and the quarry tenanted by Robert McAlpine & Sons, railway contractors. 

John and Ann had four children (in italics and underlined):

John Scott (1866-before 1955). John’s career began as a Commission Agent and I suspect he was working for, or with, his uncle, John Snodgrass (1837-1904), uncle by marriage to his aunt, Christina McDonald (1843-). By the time of the 1901 census he was described as a General Hardware Merchant which would encompass the term of Commission Agent. He moved to Portobello prior to the 1911 census at which time he was described as a Foreign Merchant, Machinery and Oils. John Snodgrass died in 1904 and it may have been this that spurred John Scott’s move to Portobello and his new focus on machinery and oils.  John married Helen Ann Ritchie (1866-1955) in 1898 at the Windsor Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh; John’s brother, Alexander McDonald Scott (1868-1912) was a witness.

Alexander McDonald Scott (1868-1912) began his career as a Clerk and advanced to become an Oil Salesman. At the time of the 1901 census he was single and the head of the family at 8 The Crescent, Old Kilpatrick. Sharing the house with him was his widowed mother, Ann, and his brother James Allan Scott. Ann died three years after this census and by 1911 Alexander was recorded as a boarder at the Sutherland Arms Hotel in Old Kilpatrick where the hotel keeper was Charles Freebairn. 

Alexander died unmarried at the relatively young age of 44 in 1912 while at Glasgow at 120 Queen’s Drive; he had a place of business at 39 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow which may account for his being in Glasgow at the time. His usual residence was recorded as the Sutherland Arms Hotel and he was recorded as a Mercantile Clerk.

.Christina McDonald Scott (born 1870); Christina was born at Woodside on 21 March 1870. On 10 January 1895 she married David Andrew (1870-1963) an architect in Govan. He was born at Renton; his father was headmaster at Gavinburn school for some time. His parents were David Andrew (1836-1919) and Jessie / Janet Brock(1836-). Witnesses at the wedding were James Andrew, David’s younger brother, and Margaret McDonald Snodgrass (1871-1926) Christina’s cousin. David continued his architect’s practise while they were living at 1 Meadowbank Crescent, Govan, Partick with their three children at the time. By the 1911 census however, they had moved to  a house named Letrualt, Row (Rhu), Helensburgh and by this time they had five children:David Andrew born at Partick 1896, John Scott Andrew born at Partick 1897, William Brock Andrew born at Partick 1898, Anne McDonald Andrew born at Partick 1904, Alexander S Andrew born at Partick 1906. There were two further children who died in infancy.

Christina predeceased her husband. David died at 114 Queensborough Gardens, Glasgow in his 93rd year in 1963.

James Allan Scott (1877-1963), James was also born at Woodside and christened at Old Kilpatrick Church on 12 May 1877. By the time of the 1901 census when James would have been 24 years old he was described as the Manager of Grain Mills, possibly in Duntocher. In 1903 he married Marion Binnie Kirk (1882-1951) at Haddington. Marion was one of ten children born to Farmer James Kirk and his wife Mary. By the time of the 1911 census he was Mill Manager, Flour at Bermaline Mill which was built in 1898; Bermaline was the trademark for malted flour used in the baking of brown bread. (Source Jennifer Petrie). By the 1921 census however he was living at Inveresk and employed as a Clerk Storekeeper and both Mary and John were employed: Green Dresser and Van Boy, respectively. Marion died in 1951 at Inveresk. While James died at Armiston Gardens, Temple, Midlothian.  His grandson, Wm G Sinclair, recorded James’ profession on the death record as a Retired Bank Clerk which added another profession!.

James and Marion had two children, as referred to above:Mary Lawrie Scott born in 1904 and became a Greens Dresser for  Massey & Son Home St, Edinburgh. Mary married William Sinclair in 1925. And John James Scott born in 1905 and became a Van Boy for Abram Black, Musselburgh

Walter Scott (1822-1866) Walter was the last of  John Scott (1774-1858) and Janet Scott’s (1776-1857) children. He was born at Bowling Bay on 26 December, 1822 and Baptised in Old Kilpatrick Church on January 12th 1823. Coincidentally his cousin, also Walter Scott, was born 30 April 1822; both Walters were grandsons of James Scott (1744-1826) and Jean McLaren (1751-).

Sometime around 1849 he and his brother, John, established a Ship’s Broker’s business in Glasgow and at the time of the 1851 census they were taking lodgings at 94 West Nile Street, Glasgow. They were listed in the Glasgow Directories for 1849, 1851 and 1853 as John and Walter Scott of 17 Gordon Street classified as “Ship brokers” and also as “Commission Merchants and Agents”. The 1856 directory listed only John as John Scott & Co, ship brokers, 20 Union Street. At the time of the 1861 census Walter was living with his widowed sister in law, Margaret Scott (1789-1873) who had been married to Peter Scott (1772-1834). So Walter appears to have given up the ship broking business around 1856 and his brother John, I think, returned to Bowling following the death of his father John Scott in 1858. In his father’s will Walter is described as Surveyor in Glasgow formerly Shipmaster at Bowling.

Walter died unmarried in 1866. Interestingly, the physician who attended him was Matthew Mason who was married to Agnes Balderstone Wallace (1844-1921), Walter’s niece by his sister Mary Scott (1804-1893) married to Stephen Wallace (1798-1865)

John’s wife, Janet, died of influenza 16 January, 1857 at home in “Woodside” and was buried in Old Kilpatrick Churchyard.

John himself died a year later on 1 January, 1858; the cause recorded as Paralysis for 120 days. He died at at home in “Woodside” and, like Janet, was also buried in Old Kilpatrick Churchyard. There are a few headstones for John Scott but with no date on them so I cannot be sure if one of these is for him.

Agnes Scott (1778- 1823) was born at Greenland farm to Peter Scott and Mary Brock, their fourth daughter. In 1804 she married John McLay, Farmer at Braidfield. I have been unable to find birth or death records for John. 

They had four children (in Italics):
William McLay born in 1806, possibly died in infancy.
Margaret McLay (1813-1886) became a dressmaker living at Main Street, Old Kilpatrick. She never married.
Agnes McLay (1815-1886) at the time of the 1841 census, she was a servant to Andrew Burnside (1784-1844) in Old Kilpatrick Village. Andrew was married to Agnes’ Aunt, Margaret Scott (1784-1845). In 1844 Agnes married Walter Scott (1812-1880) a grandson of James Scott (1744-1826) and Jean McClairn (1751-18—). Walter became a Master Mariner at Bowling. Agnes and Walter lived in a house on Main Street from the time of their marriage until some time prior to the 1871 census at which time they were living at Burnside Cottage, perhaps taken over from Andrew Burnside. At the time of her death and her sisters’ deaths, the three sisters were living at Burnside Place, possibly the same property. Walter retired from the sea and became a Ship Surveyor in Glasgow. He died in 1880 and was buried in Old Kilpatrick Churchyard. Agnes died six years later from Pleura-Pneumonia and is also buried in Old Kilpatrick Churchyard. Agnes and Walter had no children.

Grace McLay (1818-1886)On the 1851 census she is sharing a home on Main Street, Old Kilpatrick with her sister Margaret and both are described as dressmakers. By the  1861 census she is recorded as a Dairy Maid on Tulloch’s Farm. This is the farm managed by Donald MacLellan (1800-1861), son of George MacLellan (1768-1834) and Ann Scott (1774-1847), her Aunt. On the 1881 census she is living at Stuckgown, an estate near Arrochar, and she is described as Formerly Domestic Servant. I cannot be certain this is the same Grace, however the date and place of birth on the census records are appropriate and on her death record from Old Kilpatrick she is described as Housekeeper, also there are no other deaths of the same name. Grace never married and sadly she died a few days after her sister Margaret in 1886.

All three girls died within 17 days of each other: Margaret on 29 May, Grace on 2 June and Agnes on 15 June, 1886; all were living in a house at Burnside Place, were attended by the same doctor and all succumbed to Pleura-Pneumonia.

Marion Scott (1780- BEF 1851) was born on 15 February 1780 (and christened on the 19th) to Peter Scott and Mary Brock, their seventh child. In 1803 she married James Meiklem, a farmer from Kilbowie. 
Marion and James had nine children (in italics):
Mary Meiklem born 1804, married George Morrison in 1825.
Marion Meiklem born 1806, married John Bowie, a Schoolmaster at Duntocher, in 1830. She died in Glasgow in 1887 and was buried in Old Kilpatrick Churchyard.
Robert Meiklem born 1809, married Agnes Park in 1849 and farmed at Kilbarchan.
Jane Meiklem born 1811, she was with her mother at the time of the 1841 census in Paisley
Peter Meiklem born 1813, married Isobel Arneil in 1839 and farmed at Amochrie, Paisley.
James Meiklem born 1815, according to my grandfather’s papers, James was an Arctic Explorer. However, despite exhaustive research I have been unable to find any trace of him on any expedition or on a whaling ship etc.
Agnes Meiklem born 1817, married Matthew Bowie in 1845, he may have been related to Marion’s husband.
Margaret Meiklem born 1821, was with her mother at the time of the 1841 census.
John Meiklem born 1826, married Agnes Todd in 1857; he was a Dairyman at Carfin Byres, Bothwell, Holytown, they had three children. One of whom, Christina (1863-), was a dairymaid on the Park farm of High Hatton. (Mary Park of Hatton Farm married my great grandfather and from this union came my mother’s name, Mary Park Scott). Around this time was when Christina Meiklem was a dairy maid there. However she was fined five shillings or three days in jail for assaulting another dairymaid at the farm!

At the time of the 1841 census it would appear that Marion’s husband, James, had already died. She was living at Amochrie, Abbey, Paisley and had reverted to her Scott surname. Living with her were Robert (who was listed as an Agricultural Labourer), Jane, Margaret, Agnes and a grand daughter Jane. Amochrie is now an area of Paisley.

 Jean Scott (1781-1849): Peter Scott and Mary Brock’s eighth child was Jean Scott born on 21 December 1781 and baptised on the 25th of December. Born at Greenland Farm near Bowling,  she married James Lennox (1783-1861) in 1812. At the time of the 1841 census, James farmed at Kirkton of Kilmahew, Cardross but by the 1851 census he was living with his son, James, at Wester Ardoch (or Wester Hole Farm), Cardross but still declared as farming at the neighbouring farm of Kirkton; he was a widower and aged 68 at this time. Jean had died in 1849, aged 68 years old.

They had five children (in italics):
Mary Lennox (1813-1891) married Peter Barr (1811-1879) in June 1840. Peter was a Ship Owner and Coal Merchant in Cardross. They lived at Bainfield House, now known as The White House, Cardross, a Category C Listed Building. They lived there all their married life and raised five children (in italics underlined):
Jane Barr (1842-1937) who married Robert Ferrier Barron (1849-1941) a House Factor and Insurance Agent.
Robert Barr (1844-1877) who became a Grocer and married Flora McLean (1849-1930).
James Barr (1850-1932) who became a Clerk with a Sugar Merchant and died unmarried.
Patrick Barr (1854-1928) who died unmarried was a Managing Law Clerk.
Elizabeth Lennox Barr (1856-1935) became a Poultry Farmer, never married and died at Bainfield.

Peter Lennox (1821-1905) farmed at Kirkton Farm, probably taking over the tenancy from his father on his death. The farm was of 100 acres and he employed four labourers. He married Helen Aitken (1824-1893), in 1850; Helen lived at Strathfillan, Cardross.  It appears  that two of their sons, James (born 1853) and Walter (born 1855) helped on the farm and so cut the number of labourers to two. Prior to 1889 Peter was farming, still with his two sons, at Geilston, Cardross. Peter featured frequently among the prize winners at local agricultural shows. Their third son, Peter Lennox (1858-1889), a Bank Clerk,  died at Johannesburg, aged 31 years in 1889. Helen died in 1893 leaving Peter at Geilston. At the time of the 1901 census, Peter was living at Geilston with Margaret, James, Walter and Helen. However, a very sad report was contained in the Kirkintilloch Herald on 6 September, 1905:

On Monday forenoon, Mr Peter Lennox, farmer, Geilston, was run down and killed by a north-bound West Highland train while he was engaged driving some cattle over the level crossing near Cardross. Mr Lennox, who was 89 years of age, was well- known and respected throughout Dumbartonshire. He leaves two sons and two daughters.

The surviving sons were James Lennox (1853-) and Walter Aitken Lennox (1855-1953) and the two daughters were Margaret Lennox (1851-) and Helen Aitken Lennox (1871-1959). There are references to James winning prizes at Agricultural shows. However, for notoriety,  Walter appeared in the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch 29 April 1892:

A CARDROSS FARMER ASSAULTS ANOTHER.

Dumbarton, 1:30pm.- Before Sheriff Gebbie, Robert McKellar, farmer, Kirkton Farm, Cardross, was fined a guinea or five days’ imprisonment for having on 28th March on Darleith Road, Cardross, assaulted Walter Lennox, farmer, Geilston Farm, Cardross, by striking him on the face with his clenched fist. The parties, it seems, had a dispute about McKellar’s sheep trespassing on one of Lennox’s fields.

James Lennox (1824-1887); at the age of 27 years, was farming at Wester Ardoch (Wester Hill or Wester Hole),  Cardross, a 45 acre farm. On 25 December 1861 he married Margaret Hutton (1835-1914) and they had seven children (in italics underlined):
Mary Lennox born in 1862
James Lennox born in 1866
Margaret Lennox born in 1867
Ann Lennox born in 1869
Jessie Ann Lennox born in 1872
Gracie Lennox born in 1874
Robert Lennox (born in 1876

Ann Lennox (1826-1909). (Daughter of Jean Scott and James Lennox). At the age of twenty-two, Ann married local farmer James Niven (1813-1902) who farmed 30 acres at Craigend Farm, Cardross (now a plant nursery). By the 1861 census they had moved to a 60 acre farm at Blairnairn, Row, in Glen Fruin. Here he employed six men and one woman to help run the farm. By the time of the 1891 census Ann and James had retired and lived on Granville Street, Helensburgh leaving their son James Niven to manage the farm. 

Ann and James had seven children (in italics underlined):
James Niven (1852-1907)
Jane Scott Niven (1852-)
Robert Niven (1857-)
Thomas Niven (1859-)
Ann Niven (1860-)
Archibald Niven (1862-) and his twin
Matthew Niven (1862-)

Having celebrated their Golden Wedding in 1899 at Kirkton Farm and retired to Saryune, on Granville Street, Helensburgh, James died in 1902 followed by Ann in 1909.Margaret Lennox (1827-1903)

Margaret Lennox (1827-1903), the last of James Lennox and Jean Scott’s children, married Matthew Snodgrass (1821-1890) in 1855 at Cardross. Matthew was an elder brother of Martha Snodgrass (1834-1913) who married George MacLellan in 1861. Matthew was one of ten children born to James Snodgrass and Janet Whyte, James was a farmer of 80 acres at Portnauld, Inchinnan, Renfrewshire.

Margaret and Matthew farmed 50 acres at Cartertown Farm, Row (Rhu),  Dunbartonshire. They had nine children (in italics underlined):
Jane Scott Snodgrass born in 1856
James Snodgrass born in 1858
Janet White Snodgrass born in 1859
Margaret Ann Snodgrass born in 1861
Johanna Snodgrass born in 1863
Mary Snodgrass born in 1865
Matthew Snodgrass born in 1866
Peter Snodgrass born in 1867
Ann Lennox Snodgrass born in 1868.

Margaret Scott (1784-1845) was the ninth child of Peter Scott (1747-1808) and Mary Brock (1748-1831), born at Greenland Farm and baptised in Old Kilpatrick Church. In 1811 she married Andrew Burnside (1784-1844). Andrew was a Miller and latterly a Vintner. They had no children and at the time of the 1841 census they were living in Old Kilpatrick village. Margaret’s niece, Agnes McLay (1815-1886) (see above) was acting as a servant to them. Andrew died in September 1844 and was buried in Old Kilpatrick Churchyard. Margaret followed soon after in February 1845 and was also buried in Old Kilpatrick Churchyard.

Walter Scott (1786-1858); this was  Peter Scott (1737-1808) and Mary Brock’s (1748-1831) tenth child and second son. I imagine that he grew up helping his father run Greenland Farm as he took over the tenancy after his father’s death. In 1819, at Old Kilpatrick Church, he married Janet Donald (1795-1874) a daughter of Robert Donald and Ann Lang who farmed 400 acres at Drums, Dunbartonshire (not to be confused with Drum Estate, Erskine where  Hector Martin (1803-1887) was the overseer, grandfather to John Scott (1853-1921).

The Valuation Rolls of 1855/57 show that Walter  owned four houses in Dumbuck and one in Milton. He also owned the Dumbuck Inn which is probably what became the Dumbuck House Hotel built in 1798 and destroyed by fire in 2024 and now demolished.

Walter died at home, Greenland Farm, in 1858 and was buried in Old Kilpatrick Churchyard.

Janet most probably left Greenland in order for her son and family to take over; at the time of the 1861 census she was living with her daughter, Elizabeth (born 1832), married to Peter McIndoe (born 1832), at Kilmaronock near Drymen, Dunbartonshire. In 1871 she was living with another daughter, Margaret (1838-1914) married to James Adam (1838-1897) a Grocer in Dumbarton. And it is here that she died in 1874 and was buried in Old Kilpatrick Churchyard.

Walter and Janet had nine children (in italics):

Anne Scott (1821-1899) who married Robert Park (1817-1870) a farmer of 233 acres (with six agricultural servants living with him) at High Hatton, Erskine.  The Park’s feature in the Scott history over the years and more can be found in my history of the Park family. They were very successful farmers and Clydesdale horse breeders; some of their horses still feature in the pedigree breeding records of current champions of the breed. They had nine children of whom four died in infancy; their sixth child, Mary Park (1852-1931), married John Scott (1853-1921), her cousin. John is my great grandfather, originally from Bowling he had a troubled early life through the premature death of his father in1859 and of his mother six years later when John was twelve years old. He was taken to Drums Estate, Erskine to live with his maternal grandfather, Hector Martin (1803-1887).

Peter Scott (1822-1877) who farmed with his father until his marriage in 1853 to Catherine Robertson (1821-1882), daughter of Peter Robertson (1791-1841) Farmer, and Katherine Stewart (1795-1876) Craighead, Kilmadock, Stirlingshire (this is a connection to Stewart of Balquhidder). At the  time of his marriage, Peter was farming at Garshake Farm, relatively close to Greenland.

Peter was a tenant farmer to William Swan Dixon at an annual rent of £180. Garshake was a 200 acre farm; Peter employed two men, two women and a boy as farm servants.

It was reported in 1853 that 
“Lusus Nature”- a blackfaced ewe, belonging to Mr Peter Scott, Garshake, dropped a fine cross bred lamb on the 9th, and on the 18th – nine days later – gave birth to a blackfaced lamb, both of which, with their mother, are in a thriving condition. We doubt whether such an occurrence was ever before heard of.

And in 1855:
For Sale: One hundred and sixty ewes and lambs, well wintered. They can be kept on the lands for a few weeks, and will be sold in lots to suit purchasers. The lambs are all got by the first rate Leicester Tups. Apply Peter Scott, Garshake, Dumbarton.

The Valuation Roll for 1875-1877 shows that Peter owned 6 houses together with the Inn at Dumbuck and gave his address as Strathleven Place, Dumbarton; he would have inherited these properties from his father. Presumably he and Catherine moved to Dumbarton having retired from farming. By the time of the 1871 and 1881 census, the farm is being run by the Kinloch family.

At the time of the 1871 census Peter is on his brother Robert’s farm, Stockindroin, in Arrochar he may have been working or visiting, it is not clear. His wife, Catherine,  and family are living at Strathleven Place, Dumbarton where Catherine is now a Lodging House Keeper.

Some time after 1871 the family moved to Glasgow where Peter died in 1877 having battled Typhoid for fifteen days. The address given for the place of his death was 205 Cumberland Street which was at the time registered to St Francis’ Roman Catholic Church; perhaps they had a fever hospital where they cared for Peter.

At the time of the 1881 census, Catherine was living with her family at 206 North Street, Barony, Glasgow; she was described as not having employment. Catherine died in 1882 with her address given as 186 North Street.

Peter and Catherine had five children italics underlined:
Catherine Stewart Robertson Scott (1855-1927) who married the Rev James Monie (1854-1927) in 1908 and they settled in Airdrie.
Walter Scott (1856- died between 1882 and 1911 as he is not mentioned in his brother Peter’s will, see below.) On the 1881 census he was a Brass Founder employing 6 men and 2 boys
Peter Robertson Scott (1859-1911). Peter arranged for a headstone for his parents and sister in the Old Kilpatrick Churchyard, see image below. At the time of his death he was living at Bhaghalpur, Bengal, India. Possibly in the civil service and judging by the inventory of his estate he had been there for  some time. He left his estate to be divided among his sister, Catherine, who then lived in Airdrie and his two brothers Thomas and John who were then living in Manitoba Canada.
Thomas James Scott (1861-); in1881 he was a Shirt and Tweed Warehouseman  but moved to Canada and farmed at Craighead Farm, Manitoba
John Robert Scott (1864-) was a Muslin Warehouseman and also moved to Manitoba to live at High Bluff.

 Mary Scott (1824-), the third child of Walter Scott and Janet Donald, married Robert Black (1817-) a Farmer at Carleith Farm, Duntocher in 1854. At the time of the 1851 census the farm was 150 acres and increased to 250 acres by the 1861 census. By the 1871 census they were living at Mashock Mill, Carluke where Robert was the Miller. I have been unable to find a reference for them on any subsequent census or even a death record. Perhaps they emigrated.

Mary and Robert had three children (in italics):
Stewart Black born in 1857, 
Janet Black born in 1859 and 
Mary Black born in 1862. 

In 2022 the site of Carleith Farm was for sale for housing development.

Janet Scott (1826-1893). Janet married Alexander Lang (1823-1893), Farmer at Garneyland, Inchinnan a farm of 150 acres which his father had also farmed. By 1871 this was 190 acres. Newspaper reports refer to his prowess at raising Clydesdales. He was a stalwart of the Free Church of Inchinnan which is where the family were buried.

Janet and Alexander had three children (in italics):
John Lang (1855-1895)
Walter Scott Lang (1856-1914)
Alexander Arthur Lang (1858-1926)

Alexander senior died in November 1893 and Janet in December of the same year.

 Robert Scott (1828-1883). Took over the tenancy of Greenland from his father, Walter Scott (1786-1858), but at the time of the 1861 census the farm had reduced from 2,500 acres to 500 acres employing 3 labourers. Robert married Margaret McIndoe (1838-1877) in 1860 at Ashfield, Kilmaronock, Dunbartonshire; sister to Peter McIndoe  who married Elizabeth Scott (1832-) see above. It would appear that Robert and Margaret moved into Dumbarton between 1867 and 1868 to live at Netherbog Cottage where Robert acted as a Grazier. Then prior to the 1871 census they had moved to Stuckindroin Farm, Dunbartonshire. 

Robert’s wife, Margaret, died in 1877 at Stuckindroin, Arrochar. Robert remarried in 1879 to Catherine Sinclair (1843-1921) from Ardlui, 15 years his junior.  By the 1881 census, Robert had given up farming and was the Hotel Keeper of Creggans Hotel, Strachur, 

Robert died in 1883 while at the George Hotel, Inveraray, Argyll and Bute. His widow, Catherine Sinclair, moved to Dunoon at some point before the 1891 census when she was recorded as a Hotel Keeper at the Argyll Hotel, Dunoon. However in 1894 she married again, to a widower, James Munro (1844-1921), a Grocer, and she described herself as a Grocer also. James died in 1912 at Goatfield, Cumlodden, described as a Post Master. Catherine moved to Inveraray where she died at Ark Land, Inveraray in 1921.

Robert and Margaret had seven children (in italics):
Janet Scott born 1862
Walter Scott born 1864
Robert Scott born 1865
James Scott born 1867
Margaret McIndoe Scott born 1868
Peter Scott born 1869
John McIndoe Scott born 1873

Jane Scott (1830-1913), the sixth child of Walter and Janet, married William McInnes (1830-1876) in 1858 at Littlemill, Bowling. William was a  Canal Boat Tracker Master employing 16 men and lived at Ferry Dyke (Canal Bank House).

After William’s death in 1876 Jane lived at Ferry Dyke but I suspect not in the Canal Bank House. By 1891 she had moved to Burnside Place, Old Kilpatrick with four of her children: Walter, William, Jeanie and Isa. At the time of the 1901 census, she was still at Burnside Place but with only Isa living with her. Isa was unmarried at the time. By the 1911 census Jane had living with her a relative, Jeanie S Paton, who was a typist for a thread manufacturer. Jane died in 1913 at her home, Burnside, and was buried alongside William at Old Kilpatrick Churchyard.

William and Jane had seven children (in italics):
Janet Ann McInnes born 1859
Duncan McInnes born 1861 who became a Clerk in an iron merchant’s store
Walter McInnes born 1862 who became an Horse Exporter
William McMurrich McInnes born1864 died 1865 age nine months
William McInnes born 1866 became a Master Grocer
Jane McInnes born 1867 was a Housekeeper
Isa McInnes born 1876 became a Book-keeper.

Elizabeth Scott (1832-)  the seventh child of Walter Scott and Janet Donald, married Peter McIndoe (1832-) in 1860 at her home, Greenland, Old Kilpatrick. Peter was a Farmer of 150 Acres at Boturich Farm, Kilmaronock, Dunbartonshire. He employed two men and a boy on the farm. Although he was married as ‘Peter’ on the 1861 census he is named as ‘Robert’ which was his brother’s name. (visiting him was his widowed Mother-in- Law, Janet Scott, and his Sister-in-Law, Margaret Scott). On the 1871 census he is named again as Peter! There does not appear to be a census record for the family after the 1871 census. There are two newspaper advertisements that suggest that they may have moved away: in the North British Daily Mail of 21 June 1871 there is a notice for the sale of property referring to the estate of Boturich and another advertisement (which seems to appear in many subsequent years as a regular event) in the Dumbarton Herald and County Advertiser 22 February 1877: Boturich Grass Parks to Let ….the Roup will take place at the Homefarm of Meikle Boturich….John McDougall, North Lodge, Boturich will show the grass… It is possible that with the sale of the estate, the McIndoes moved on elsewhere but I have not found a record for them. There are some McIndoes in America but I cannot establish a link.

On an old map of Kilmaronock Parish there is a Castle Boturich on the banks of Loch Lomond and next to it there is Meikle Boturich which would be the farm. On the ruins of the castle a mansion was built in 1834, it is possible that Peter farmed the home farm of the mansion.

Elizabeth and Peter had six children (in italics):
Janet Ann McIndoe born 1861
Elizabeth Mary McIndoe born 1863
Margaret McIndoe born 1865
Walter Scott McIndoe born 1867
Jeanie McIndoe born 1869
Peter Walker McIndoe born 1871

Walter Scott (1834-1846), the eighth child of Walter and Janet died aged 11 years 4 months.

Margaret Scott (1838-1914), the last of Walter Scott and Janet Donald’s children, would appear not to have been christened. The record of her marriage in 1867 to James Adam (1838-1897), a Grocer in Dumbarton, is interesting as her residence is given as Dumbuck which is where her father owned several houses as well as the Inn. The properties were registered in the name of Margaret’s mother, Janet, as Walter had died by this time and one of the properties is recorded as occupied by Mrs Janet Scott (her mother) despite her address as being Greenland. Also, a witness at the wedding was Katy Park, this may well be Catherine Park (1813-1886) of Laigh Hatton, a daughter of Robert Park (1786-1850) and Catherine Cleland (1786-1859) and Margaret’s niece. Also James Adam’s mother’s maiden name was Brock, it may be a coincidence but she may have been related to Mary Brock (1748-1831) married to Peter Scott (1737-1808). Margaret’s daughter was named Helen Brock Adam.

At the time of the 1871 census Margaret and James lived at 31 High Street Dumbarton; Margaret’s mother was with them while James’ widowed mother and his siblings lived next-door. It appears that James employed his brother in the grocer shop. They had moved to a house named ‘Rockview’, Dumbarton by the time of the 1881 census. They remained there for the 1891 census. James Adam died in 1897. At the time of the 1911 census Margaret is living with her daughter, Helen Brock Adam (1870-1934), seven children and her son-in-law Peter Brown (1867-1933) at the Corsehill Tile Works in Ayrshire; Peter owned the Brick and Tile Work factory. Peter was the son of Archibald Campbell Brown (1841-1888), Brick and Tile Manufacturer at Gladstone Park, Rossland, Erskine, he was married to Mary Park (1843-1882). While this Mary Park is from a different branch of the Park family to that of Robert Park and Anne Scott there appear to be “cross-overs”.

Elizabeth Scott (1788-1865) was born at Greenland to Peter Scott and Mary Brock in 1788, their eleventh child. She married John Paterson (1774-1858), fourteen years her senior, in 1815. He was the owner of Auchentorlie [Farm] which is close to Bowling and Greenland; John farmed 60 acres at Auchentorlie. I imagine this would have been the ‘Home Farm’ of Auchentorlie House which was owned by the Buchanan family for many years. References to Paterson and Auchentorlie rarely use the term ‘farm’, however I am fairly certain that John did not occupy the House. 

In the ‘History of the Parish’, John Bruce wrote in 1842 John Paterson sold the east portion of Auchentorlie to Andrew Buchanan.
He also wrote:
Lot 4 [of the auction of Frisky Hall, Littlemill, James Scott (1744-1826) bought Lot 5]  was purchased by James Paterson,  Auchentorlie, the author’s [John Bruce] great-grandfather, the said piece of ground being thereafter known as the “Folly” from the excessive price which  was paid for it. On this ground now stands the dwelling houses on either side of the Public Hall, the Hall itself, Auchentorlie Terrace, and the Railway Restaurant. The old building adjacent to the restaurant was originally built by James Patterson, son and heir of the fore mentioned purchaser, as a joiners workshop. 

In 1842 ….. with the exception of a small plot feud on the 31st of August, 1824 to Archibald Patterson, on which Rosehill house now stands, the property of his daughter Janet, who married James Gilfillan 1875. [Born 1835]

John Paterson died in 1858 and Elizabeth appears to have moved to Rosehill, Littlemill, Bowling where she died in 1865. Both she and John were buried in Old Kilpatrick Churchyard.

 John and Elizabeth had eight children ( in Italics):
Mary Paterson (1816-1887) who married James Sloan (1816-1892), a Grain Miller employing five people, began married life at Milton Mill House in 1843. By the 1871 census they had retired and moved to Craiglea Villa, Old Kilpatrick. Following Mary’s death in 1887, James had moved to Auchentorlie Terrace, (see above). They did not appear to have children.

There is a grain mill in Milton but I have no proof that this is the actual mill occupied by James and Elizabeth. The Canmore website states: 1157 Grain Mill (Figure 13) – NH 30371 55258 (Nmrs No NH35NW 009) A building in good state of repair on the north side of the present motor road. It has been renovated and is now used as a picnic place and display centre. It is on a NW-SE alignment and has a wheel pit 0.5m width x 4m length x 0.5m deep along its SE end, the entry point of the axle can be seen in the wall of the building as a blocked up square stone setting.

Ellen Paterson (1818-1862) was born at Auchentorlie and married Matthew Crawford (1823-1887) in 1849 at Dunerbuck, Bowling; he was a Sea Captain. They moved to Greenock where Matthew plied his trade and in 1854 Ellen gave birth to their son Andrew. Shortly after this they moved to Liverpool where Matthew established himself as a Ship’s Chandler. Sadly however, young Andrew died in March 1854, just a few months old, at Grafton Street, Liverpool. Ellen herself died in 1862 at 42 Great Mersey Street, Liverpool. In 1863, Matthew married again, to Mary McWilliam (1839-1892), (an age difference of sixteen years), a Stranraer girl, with the marriage taking place at Greenock. Matthew was, by this time, living at 3 Esplanade, Litherland Park, Liverpool which I think was a prosperous area. Mary was the Principal of a Ladies College.

Matthew and Mary had four children (in italics underlined):
Reginald M Crawford born 1867;
Anna M M Crawford born 1868;
Edith Grace Crawford born 1872 and
Mary E Crawford born 1877.

By the time of the 1881 census Matthew described himself as a Ship Owner and Merchant. Displaying his wealth, he had two Governesses and two House Servants. Matthew died in 1887 at Liverpool. Mary and her daughters, Grace and Mary had moved to Ottawa, Canada by the time of the 1891 census where Mary was Principal of a Ladies College there. A number of the staff were from Scotland so I imagine she may have established the college. Sadly, Mary died at Ottawa in 1892 leaving two young daughters; she was buried at Stranraer alongside her family. I have not researched what happened to the girls

John Paterson (1821-1906) was born at Auchentorlie, Old Kilpatrick. He became a Sheep Farmer on 600 acres of moorland and 20 acres arable land, employing one labourer. In 1851 he married Agnes McIntyre (1831-1898) at Cardross. Between 1854 and 1857 they had moved to Maymore, Kilmodan, Argyllshire where John farmed 1004 acres and employed three labourers, including a ploughman and a shepherd together with two dairymaids;  this is where they were at the time of the 1861 census. By 1871 they had moved back to Dunbartonshire where he farmed 100 acres at Milton employing a Farm Servant and a Dairymaid until his death in 1906. Agnes had predeceased him 1898.

John and Agnes had four children (in italics and underlined):
Elizabeth Paterson born in 1852 at Old Kilpatrick
John Paterson born in 1854 at Old Kilpatrick
Agnes Paterson born in 1857 in Argyllshire
Daniel Paterson born in 1866 at Kilfinan, Argyllshire.

Peter Paterson (1822-1856) at the age of 28 on the 1851 census Peter was farming at Cochno Hill, Dunbartonshire as a Grazier of 2,000 acres along with a shepherd. However. he died in 1856 at Kilchoman where his occupation was listed as a Grazier but it is not clear if he was visiting or was then living there. His death was certified by the Surgeon as a Drinking accident; Spirits in Excess. He never married and he is buried in Old Kilpatrick Churchyard.

Walter Paterson (1825-1881) also born at Auchentorlie, he became a Grazier living in College Park Street, Dumbarton. In 1860 he married Mary McIntyre (1833-1886), a sister of Agnes McIntyre who had married John Paterson, his brother (see above), in 1851.  However, they must have moved to Dunoon, Argyllshire shortly after their marriage as four of their five children were born there. At the time of the 1871 census they had returned to Bowling and were living at Oak Bank; Walter had become a Grocer. Also living at Oak Bank at this time was Captain Robert Scott (1817-1888). Walter and family had moved to Windsor Place, Old Kilpatrick by the 1881 census. Walter died at Windsor Place in 1881 followed by Mary in 1886.

Walter and Mary had five children (in italics and underlined):
Daniel Paterson born 1863
Elizabeth Paterson born 1865
Walter Paterson born 1867
William Paterson born 1869
Peter Paterson born 1871.

Archibald Paterson (1827-1877) was also born at Auchentorlie and while he was at home at the time of the 1851 census he was listed as a Journeyman Miller. Perhaps he worked with his brother-in-Law, James Sloan (1816-1892), Mary’s husband, see above. On the 1871 census he is living with his widowed sister, Elizabeth Paterson (1830-1915), see below. At that time he was an unemployed Grain Miller; James Sloan had retired by 1871 and perhaps the mill closed or the new Master Miller did not retain Archibald’s services. Archibald died unmarried in 1877.

Elizabeth Paterson (1830-1915) married her first cousin Gabriel (Gilbert) Paterson (1830-1859), a Metal Broker in Glasgow, who was born at Littlemill; they shared grandparents: John Paterson (1730-1805) and Helen Williamson (1726-1805). They were married at Auchentorlie by the Rev. James Russell. Sadly, Gilbert died only four years after their marriage in 1859. I am not  sure where Elizabeth lived immediately after Gilbert’s death but it is possible she moved in with her mother, Elizabeth Scott (Paterson) to live in Rosehill (see above). Certainly, at the time of the 1871 census this is where she was living along with her brother, Archibald Paterson (1827-1877), (see above).

Elizabeth and Gilbert had one child, a daughter, also called Elizabeth (1856-1929), who  married William Esplin (1853 to before 1929) in 1875. He was, at the time of their marriage, a Railway Goods Agent. At the time of the 1881 census and all subsequent censuses through 1910, the widowed Elizabeth (senior) lived with her daughter and their family. William appears to have been moved around the country: Montrose, Arbroath and Glasgow; he became a Railway Clerk which may have been the cause of his moves. Elizabeth senior died in 1915 at 12 Ure Place, Glasgow.

Elizabeth junior and William had seven children (in italics and underlined):
Elizabeth (Bessie) Paterson Esplin born 1876 in Montrose and became a Schoolteacher
Jeannie Elizabeth  Esplin born 1879 in Montrose and became a Clerkess
William David Esplin born 1881 in Arbroath and became a Shipping Agent
Gilbert Esplin born 1884 in Arbroath and became a Clerk
Janet Paterson Esplin born in 1886 in Arbroath
Mary Sloan Esplin in 1889 born in Glasgow
Ellen Esplin born in 1893 in Glasgow

James Paterson (1832-1832) The eighth and last child of John Paterson and Elizabeth Scott died at only 8 months old.

Grace Scott (1790-1887), the last child of Peter Scott and Mary Brock, known by the name of Grizel, married Peter MacAulay (1794-1863) in 1820. Peter farmed 120 acres at Asker Farm, Cardross. Between the 1851 and the 1861 census they had moved to farm at Blairennich, a farm of 80 acres. Peter  MacAulay died in 1863 at home, Blairennich. His son, George MacAulay (1832-1914) assumed the tenancy and carried on farming at Blairennich; Grizel was living with her son, George, at the time of the 1871 census. But by the time of the 1881 census Grizel had moved to live at Rockburn Cottage, Bonhill, Dunbartonshire. Her daughter, also Grace, moved with her along with George who was now a Grazier having given up the farm. However, Grizel’s death in 1887 was recorded as taking place at Eastbank Cottage, East Clyde Street, Helensburgh. This was the home of her eldest son, Andrew (Alexander) MacAulay, see below. 

 Grizel and Peter had six children (in italics):
Andrew (Alexander) MacAulay(1821-1895) farmed 60 acres at Darleith Blackthird, Bonhill, Dunbartonshire at the time of the 1861 census. However by the 1871 census he was living at Eastbank Cottage, 250 East Clyde Street, Helensburgh and was described as a Cattle Dealer. His mother, Grizel lived with him until her death in 1887. His sister Kate (Catherine) acted as his housekeeper. Andrew and Kate lived here until Andrew’s death in 1895.

Peter MacAulay (1824-1892) was born at Cardross and farmed with his father at Asker Farm, probably until some time prior to his marriage to Annie Lochhead (1833-1913) at Erskine in 1860; at the time of their marriage he was farming at Craig’s Farm, Lyle Road, Greenock.  Annie was a daughter of Robert Lochhead (1788-1886), Farmer, and Jane Scott (1802-1882) of East Glenshinnoch Farm. Jane has no connection to “our” Scott family although the Park family, who later married into “our” Scott family, farmed at Glenshinnoch and West Glenshinnoch at the time Jane was at East Glenshinnoch. Peter and Annie farmed at Craig’s Farm until their deaths: Peter died in 1892 and Annie in 1913. The Craig’s Farm tenancy was taken over by their second son, Robert McAulay (1871-1938), which is where Annie continued to live along with her daughter Grace.

Peter and Annie had six  children (in italics and underlined):
Jane MacAualy  born in 1862
Peter MacAualy  born in1863
Grace MacAualy  born in 1866
Annie MacAualy  born in 1868
Robert MacAualy  born in 1872
Mary MacAualy  born in 1874

Mary MacAulay (1826-1907) married John Wilson (1826-1897), a Master Butcher in Row (modern name Rhu), he employed two men and six boys. They moved house within Rhu a number of times but stayed at Leven Cottage, 16 West King Street, Helensburgh in their final years. After John’s death in 1897, Mary carried on living at Leven Cottage along with Alexander, Joseph (both now Butchers) and James, now a Metal Merchant. Mary died in 1907.

Mary and John had six children (in italics underlined):
Joseph Wilson born in1861
John Wilson born in 1863
Peter McAulay Wilson born in 1864
Alexander Wilson born in 1866
Joseph Daniel Wilson born in 1868
James Scott Wilson born in 1871

Kate (Catherine) MacAulay (1828-1909) kept house for her brother, Andrew, first at  his farm, Darleith Blackthird, Bonhill, Dunbartonshire then at Eastbank Cottage, (see above). Their mother, Grizel, lived with them until her death in 1887. Andrew predeceased Kate in 1895 and Kate’s location after that is a mystery. However she died unmarried in 1909 at Elderslie Cottages, 132 East Princes Street, Helensburgh. She was described as a Retired Dairy Keeper on her death record.

Grace MacAulay (1831-1890) appears to have moved about with her younger brother George (see below) who was a farmer, she probably helped on the farm but is not recorded as such. She remained at home with her parents until her father died in 1863. At the time of the 1871 census she was with George and her mother at Blairennich Farm, Kilmaronock, Dunbartonshire, George having taken over the tenancy from his father. By the 1881 census the three of them were living at Rockburn Cottage, Bonhill, Dunbartonshire. Grace never married and died in 1890 at Eastbank, East Clyde Street, Helensburgh, the home of her brother, Alexander (Andrew) McAulay (1821-1895).

George MacAulay (1832-1914) farmed with his father at Blairennich and on his death George took over the tenancy. At the time of the 1871 census George was head of the household at the 100 acre arable farm, Blairennich, Kilmaronock, Dunbartonshire with his mother, Grizel aged 78 and his sister, Grace (1831-1890). By the 1881 census they were all living at Rockburn Cottage, Bonhill, Dunbartonshire with Grizel named as the head of the household. George was now a Grazier. Romance came late in life for George and in 1889 George (aged 57) married Mary Miller (1840-1924)  (some nine years his junior) of Mollanbowie Farm, Jamestown, which was in Mills of Haldane and was owned by Mr James Dennistoun Brown of Balloch Castle. George gave his address as Lillybank Cottage, Mills of Haldane, Jamestown, presumably close to Mary’s home, as Mills of Haldane was a small hamlet. George and Mary lived here until 1911 when George was described as a Farm Shepherd and they lived in the Old Farm Cottage. George died in 1914 and Mary lived on in Mills of Haldane. At the time of the 1921 census Mary was living in Mills of Haldane with a servant; by this time Mary was described as an invalid. She died in 1924 at the same address with the cause of death being Chronic Rheumatism and Cardiac Failure.

This completes the biographical notes of the families descended from Peter Scott and Mary Brock.